On Thursday and Friday (12-13/04), AKTIV and EMCI have organized a training for members of local NGO organisations in order to increase their capacities in the area of mobilization of various stakeholders. The training was conducted by Relja Dereta, a trainer from the Civic Initiatives TOT program, with a decade long experience in activism. The group was multiethnic and gender balanced.

Following the announcement of AKTIV Children Theater inclusion in program of Kotor international Festival of Children Theaters, UNDP and UN Volunteers swiftly responded and offered support to AKTIV assuring participation of 25 kids and young people from Mitrovica to this prestige event in Montenegro.

Following the round tables held in four municipalities in the north, where all relevant actors discussed key social concerns in each municipality, in the continuation of the project “Stregthening community mobilization potential of CSO’s in the north Kosovo” 4 focus groups were organized in Mitrovica, Zvecan, Leposavic and Zubin Potok at which problems depicted as priorities in respective municipalities were addressed in more details in cooperation with direct stakeholders and experts in respective fields.

With the support of Finnish Embassy, AKTIV launched the project Strengthening the institutional response to domestic violence in North Kosovo, aiming to foster a women’s rights agenda and to promote gender equality in North Kosovo through tackling domestic violence at a local, societal and institutional level.

About us

Aktiv was founded in the divided city of Mitrovica. Since its inception in 2009, Aktiv has successfully implemented an array of projects and has become an active part of local civil society. It has cooperated with a number of both regional and international NGO’s and has played a vital role in the political and social development of N. Kosovo. With a growing presence in the local community and with an expanding network of partners, Aktiv has been able to increase the scope and scale of its projects.